BROADWAY: Bryan Cranston is impressive as LBJ

7:00 PM,
Mar. 13, 2014

Cranston and Dirden, with Richard Poe (who plays several roles) in the background.

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When Americans think of great presidents, Lyndon Baines Johnson is not on the list.

"All the Way," the Broadway play focusing on LBJ's first year in office, won't do much to change that. But that's not the point of this epic and entertaining three-hour work by Robert Schenkkan. The aim is to better understand this so-called "accidental president," to see how this complex man worked and what went on inside his head.

Not an easy task, but Bryan Cranston makes it happen in one of the best performances of the season. In his Broadway debut, this three-time Emmy winner (for the popular crime drama ...